Instructor: Jose Gonzalez
Saturday, November 4th 2pm-4:30pm
Price: $35

*The workshop is geared towards intermediate to advanced performers with at least one year of improv experience.

Overview: The Double Helix of Harold & The Deconstruction That siren you hear is the improv nerd-out alert going TF off. If you know Harold and you know The Deconstruction, you know that they look different on paper and they play differently too. But they share the same DNA and we’ll look at the connections and commonalities between them. We’ll consider how Harold and The Deconstruction are two sides of the same coin — then, we’ll flip that coin and see how it lands.

Jose Gonzalez [he/him/él] is a Phoenix native who helped found Arizona’s first nonprofit improv theater, The Torch Theatre, in 2007 and was deeply involved there through 2021. Over two decades, he has taught and performed in numerous festivals and events with groups like Galapagos, VerizonQwest,and Umlautilde, all across North America and parts of Europe including the Chicago Improv Festival, the Del Close Marathon, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival (Austin, Texas), Improv Fest Ireland, the Toronto International Improv Festival, and Improvaganza (Honolulu, Hawaii) among many others. In addition to performing regularly in and around Phoenix at the Bridge Improv Theater, NCT Phoenix, and Second Beat Improv Theater, Jose also hosts the storytelling & music-sharing show, Vinyl Voices; is the swing host for the Phoenix branch of The Moth StorySLAM; is a co-host of the Sweet Podtato podcast; and offers improv shows and classes via Monster Improv, which is Jose’s own little DIY record label but for improv. http://sweetpodtato.podbean.com/ http://monsterimprov.com